October 1, 2011: Post 273 - Measurement Day, Cheat Day

 Goal Weight: 188 pounds 

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Today's Weight:        201.0 lbs
Yesterday's Weight:    200.4 lbs
Net Loss/Gain:         + 0.6 lbs

Daily weight since 5/30/2011.

                Last week     This week     Gain/Loss

  Weight:     202.0  lbs    201.0  lbs    - 1.0  lbs
  Chest:       39.00 "       39.25 "      - 0.00 in
  Waist:       38.00 "       38.00 "      - 0.00 "
  Hips:        37.00 "       38.00 "      - 0.00 "
  Total in:   114.00 "      115.25 "      + 1.25 "
  % Body Fat:  18.5  %       17.3  %      - 1.2  %

This is a chart of my weekly weight since 5/30/2011.

This is a weekly chart of inches lost (sum of chest, waist, hips) since 5/30/2011. 

With the exception of readings that are within the realm of measurement error, week-over-week progress is very good. If you look at the 3 charts above, you see that all show improvement from the beginning of this period to the end, as marked on today's charts.


This is also the baseline for the last quarter measurement this year.


After 3 quarters, this is what the whole weight picture looks like:

Daily weights, 1/1/2011-10/1/2011.

From this 10,000-foot view, it looks pretty good. I have established a fairly steady-state of weight loss at 40+ pounds below where I finished 2010.


We start  the last quarter with a cheat day. Then, I'm going to keep following my recent diet. Also, beginning today, I'm going to start adding some non-food comments about how my day is going, any thoughts/ideas, etc.


Again, It is a picture-free cheat day. You'll have to just get my descriptions.

Daily Commentary

Weekend days, when I should get motivated to do housework, chores, etc. I typically sleep in, and procrastinate on my chores. On a good weekend day, I will get a few things that I can't put off done. The typical one for Saturdays, today, is to go to the Regional Farmer's market, to get some cage-free, local eggs and some fresh vegetables.

This was a cool, rainy day, and, as is typical, I didn't get out of bed until the last possible minute. Although I habitually resist doing this, since I hadn't prepared my cheat-day treat in advance, I did what I always resist doing: bought some baked goods. In this case, a home-made chocolate-chip strudel cake, that I ate from after-breakfast to just-before-bed.

What a treat. Payment is due at tomorrow's weigh-in, but I really enjoyed it.

Food Log

Breakfast
Cocoa-whey egg cream protein shake: Dark cocoa and vanilla whey protein powder (w/40g of whey protein) plus an egg, coconut milk, cinnamon, an extra 5g of BCAAs, inulin, and stevia-erythritol blend.


After my oh-so-healthy shake, I started in on the cake I bought at the Farmer's Market, washing it down with hot black coffee.

Lunch
 More of the home-made chocolate-chip strudel cake.

Dinner

A mix of whoe wheat penne and brown rice elbows, with a home-made meat sauce made with grass-fed beef and sausage with tomato sauce and spices.

Liquid Intake

    Coffee:  32 oz,   Water:64+ oz.